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ORIGINAL WRIGHT BIPLANE. INVENTED AND FLOWN BY WRIGHT BROTHERS IN 1905 AT KITTY HAWK, N. C 


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AVIATION BOOK 



T OM AND JACK are 
brothers and chums. 

They are Boy Scouts. Jack 
is first class, but Tom is 
only a tenderfoot. Like all 
bright, manly boys they are 
interested in airships and 
are anxious for the time to 
come when they can fly too. 

Tom and Jack’s uncle is 
a famous aviator, and he 
knows all about flying. His 
name being Samuel the 
boys always call him Uncle 
Sam, and they sometimes 
jokingly pretend to think 
that he is the great Uncle 
Sam who represents the 
United States. 

Tom and Jack knew that the best way to find out about airships 
was to ask their Uncle Sam. So, as soon as they saw him, they made 
him consent to tell his wonderful story of aviation. 

Tom and Jack were all ears as their uncle started his aviation story. 
“ First,” he began, “ I shall tell you the thrilling tale of Man’s long 
striving to learn how to rival the birds. In myths and fairy tales 
there were men and goblins who had wings or who owned winged 
chariots and animals. But real, everyday people never learned how to 
go up in the air until 1783.” 

“ The very year England and the United States made peace after the 
Revolutionary War!” exclaimed Tom. 


UNCLE SAM STARTS HIS AVIATION STORY 





















“ Don’t interrupt Uncle Sam ; 
it is not polite,” advised Jack. 

“ Well,” continued Uncle 
Sam, u it was on June 5, 1783 
that Stephen and Joseph Mont¬ 
golfier, two French brothers, 
sent up the first balloon. You 
can just imagine the amaze¬ 
ment it caused when it arose 
from the ground. 

“ Many successful experi¬ 
ments were made with balloons; 
but they were harder to run 
than old-time sailboats. A 
balloon could not fly against 
the wind. In a storm or a 
heavy gale it would be wrecked 
and the passengers killed. A 
machine was needed that 
could speed against the wind 
and not upset in a heavy blow. 

“ A few inventors tried to 
solve the flying problem with 
motor-driven balloons such as the German Zeppelin. But most 
attention was given to heavier-than-air machines known as aeroplanes. 
Aeroplanes are called heavier-than-air to distinguish them from 
balloons, which, being inflated with gas, are lighter than air. There 
were many discouraging years of hard thought and labor before 
success came. Finally, in 1905, two American brothers, Wilbur 
and Orville Wright, invented the first successful flying machine; 
and in a series of marvelous flights showed that Man had, at last, 
rivaled the birds. 


THE ASCENSION OF MONTGOLFIER S BALLOON 



















THE AEROPLANE IS A NECESSITY IN TIMES OF WAR AND PEACE 


“ Numerous inventions have made 
man almost the equal of the birds in the 
air. Flying has been made nearly as safe 
as riding on horseback or in an auto- 
The aeroplane is now a neces- 


mobile. 


sity in times of war and peace. 
Its startling deeds will be 
the subject of the story I’m 
about to tell. 

“ Of course, you want to know something about the man who runs 
an aeroplane/’ said Uncle Sam. 

“ Indeed, we do,” replied both 
boys at the same time. 

“Now,” continued 
Uncle Sam, “ to become 
a military aviator a 
man must, first of 
all, have a strong, 
healthy body, a 




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SOME TYPES OF 
AMERICAN AND 
FOREIGN AEROPLANES 


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GROUP OF FRENCH AVIATORS 
















quick, active mind, and iron 
nerves. There are many 
good aviators that wouldn’t 
be good military aviators, 
because the strain of war 
would prove too much for 
them. If a man is just 
right in body and mind, 
they send him to an avia¬ 
tion training camp where 
he is taught to fly. 

“ At the training camp 
he is instructed in the care 
of an aeroplane and its 
powerful motor. He goes 
up in the air a number of 
times with an expert 
aviator. By constantly 
watching the expert, he 
learns to fly. Then he learns many dazzling stunts—to loop-the-loop, 
make figure eights, fly upside down, and other dangerous maneuvers. 

“ After the new aviator knows how to care for an aeroplane and fly 
perfectly, he is taught wireless telegraphy, and shown how to take 
aerial photographs, fire machine guns and drop bombs. As soon as he 
learns all these things, he’s a full-fledged aviator, and ready to go into 
active service for his country.” 

Tom and Jack had their eyes wide open in wonder as Uncle Sam 
continued: 

“ Ordinary flying, as I told you boys before, is now almost as safe as 
riding on horseback or in an auto. But, in time of war, running a 
military aeroplane is the riskiest work in the world. When I tell 
you of the marvelous, death-defying deeds military aviators have 



LEARNING TO FLY BY WATCHING THE EXPERT AVIATOR 







AEROPLANE DIRECTING ARTILLERY FIRE 

















done, I doubt if you will 
believe me. Yet every¬ 
thing is absolutely true. 

“ An aviator’s most im¬ 
portant duties are to take 
photographs of the enemy’s 
location and direct artillery 
fire. The aviator must 
seek out the enemy and 
learn their exact position. 

He must discover, if he 
can, about how many men 
and guns they have; how 
well they are fortified ; how 
hard or easy it is to attack 
them. He makes many 
photographs and sketches 
which are valuable to his 
officers in planning an 
attack.” 

“ You haven’t told us how the brave aviator directs artillery fire,’ 5 
broke in Tom. 

“ I’m getting to that now,” said Uncle Sam. “ You know that there 
was a time when a man who fired a cannon could see his target. But 
now, a cannon, or the artillery, fires at a range of from six to thirty 
miles. No matter how big the target, it is impossible to see it from 
such a distance, especially when trees, mountains or fogs are in the 
way. Firing artillery is now a matter of calculation. Just where to 
shoot has to be figured out by means of maps, instruments, and mathe¬ 
matics. Quite often the figuring is not exactly right. The aviator 
must go up—bombs and shells bursting all around him—and discover 
if the guns are hitting the mark. When a shot doesn’t strike in the 


AVIATORS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS 





































SCOUTING OVER THE RUINED REGION BETWEEN THE LINES (NO MAN’S LAND) 



























right place, the aviator 
sends directions by wire¬ 
less for firing the next 
shell so that it will hit 
the enemy’s position and 
destroy it. 

“ Not all the excite¬ 
ment is over the battle 
lines. One of the most 
thrilling experiences an 
aviator can have is to 
fight off enemy aero¬ 
planes and Zeppelins 
when they come to 
drop bombs on a city 
or town. Cities liable 
to be raided by hostile 
machines are protected 
by lookout towers. As 
soon as the Zeppelins are 
sighted, the men in the towers toot shrill blasts on loud siren horns. 
At the signal of the horns every light in the attacked city is put out, 
and all the people rush into houses and cellars for safety. Big anti- 
Zeppelin guns are pointed skyward to fire destruction-dealing shells at 
the enemy overhead. 

“ The brave aviators, who protect the city, start their machines and 
go up in the air to drive off the foe—amid the reek of fire and the 
scream of shot and shell. The battle is usually short. The swift de¬ 
fending aeroplanes, with their machine guns constantly spitting bullets, 
fight rings around the Zeppelins. The big guns on the ground send 
deadly missiles through many of the enemy airships. All of a sudden 
one bursts into flames. With a roar and a bang it hurtles to the earth. 



BATTLEPLANES CONVOYING PHOTOGRAPHING AEROPLANES 














































FIGHTING ZEPPELIN RAIDERS 








In the next moment, still 
another is hit. One of the 
doomed men saves himself 
by dropping off in a huge 
floating parachute. He is 
made prisoner the minute he 
touches ground. 

“ In a little while the 
remnant of the once-proud 
enemy air fleet flees in mortal 
terror. The day is saved. The 
heroic aviators, who success- J 
fully defended the city, return 
to earth amid the cheers of 
the grateful people.” 

“ Usually the damage done 
is unimportant from a mili¬ 
tary point of view. Several 
non-combatants are killed 
and a few houses and an oc¬ 
casional church are damaged. 

“ Now, we will go back to 
the firing line, and see how the aeroplane is used in connection with 
the land fighting. 

“ Many German aeroplanes come to grief by trying to battle British 
tanks.” 

“ What’s a British tank ?” put in Jack. 

“ I thought everyone was familiar with the tank, but as you 
evidently are not, I shall explain what it is. A tank is a great big battle 
car, protected with heavy shot-proof steel and armed with guns. It 
can travel anywhere—over hills, walls, trenches, through mud, bushes, 
and trees. Many people call a tank a land-battleship. 



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DROPPING OFF IN PARACHUTE FROM FLAMING BALLOON 








“ Now that you know 
what a tank is, I will go on 
with my story. When the 
British attack the Germans, 
they often use tanks, which 
rumble along, crushingevery- 
thing before them. The 
enemy forces are driven 
back in terror. In reckless 
despair they try to save the 
day by pitting their aero¬ 
planes against these unbeat¬ 
able steel monsters. 

“ Aeroplanes fighting 
British tanks are practically 
helpless and seldom attack 
them. ‘ Zip ! Zip ! Bang ! ’ 

go the machine guns of the battle BETWEEN AEROPLANE AND BRITISH TANK 

hostile aeroplanes. But the rain of shot and shell rattles harmlessly 
against the huge armored tanks. ‘Boom! Bang!’ roar the tanks’ 
heavy guns. Down drops one enemy aeroplane, in a horrible wake of 
flames and exploding gasoline. It strikes the earth—a shattered tangle 
of wire and wood. The aviator, of course, is dashed to death. Another 
of the foe’s machines is struck; and still another. All meet the same 
fate. Nothing can resist the tanks.” 

“ Such battles must be more exciting than fairy tales and novels,” 
exclaimed Tom and Jack in breathless wonder. 

“ There’s one thing our aviators do sometimes that is seldom 
excelled for courage and daring,” said Uncle Sam, pleased with the way 
his nephews were enjoying his story. “ The enemy soldiers are very 
strongly entrenched behind earthworks and barbed wire fences. When 


















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our infantry find it impossible to make them flee, our bold aviators are 
assigned to the task. 

“ With dash and bravery they go up in the air and hover near the 
hostile positions. Suddenly, like eagles they swoop down over the 
trenches shooting at the frightened enemy. ‘ Zip ! Crack ! Bang F rattle 



THEY SWOOP DOWN OVER THE TRENCHES 

their machine guns. Those who are not killed or seriously wounded 
flee in terror into the dugouts for safety. 

“ Then, quick as a flash, our men rush in and capture the trench 
before enemy reinforcements come up. The courageous aviators are 
wildly cheered but haven’t time now to listen to the praise; they must 
go up in the air again to protect their comrades from enemy aero¬ 
planes, which lurk everywhere waiting for a chance to drop bombs.” 

“ By the way, Uncle Sam,” asked Jack, “ why do aviators wear such 
heavy clothing ?” 













































“ It must be very cold 
up in the air,” thought 
Tom to himself, not say¬ 
ing anything for the 
first time. 

“ It’s frightfully cold 
up above the clouds,” 
said Uncle Sam. “ The 
higher you fly the colder 
it becomes. Up in the 
sky, I have often felt a 
temperature below zero, 
while down on the earth 
it was comfortable and 
warm. Later on in 
school, you boys will 
learn that the sun’s rays 
give very little heat 
until they reach the earth. I would explain the reason myself, but I 
want to go on with the story. 

“ Our aviators are flying around in the sky about three miles above 
the earth when, all at once, the enemy’s machines dash into view. 
The two hostile air fleets see each other almost at the same time, and 
quickly prepare for action. A thrilling battle in the air is at hand. 

“ Our machines are outnumbered, but that does not deter us. ‘ Rat- 
a-tat-tat,’ shrieks one of our machine guns. One of the foe is put 
out of action. His machine in flames, he falls dizzily to earth. 
Marvelous flying is now going on. One of our men loops-the-loop to 
get into position. An enemy aviator backs up his machine in mid-air: 
then dives down headlong a thousand feet. Swiftly he rights himself 
and speeds up firing right, left, and straight ahead. We have a hard 
time dodging that dangerous fellow. 









“A big enemy battle¬ 
plane gets separated from 
the group. In just two 
seconds two of our force 
pounce upon it. The huge 
machine battles skillfully 
for a while. Then we force 
it into a bad position, 
and rain upon it a ter¬ 
rible storm of bullets from 
our machine guns. The 
big battleplane goes down, 
but fighting to the last. 

“ Nightapproaches and 
envelops the earth with a 
blanket of darkness. Pow¬ 
erful searchlights from 
below, each of which is 

a wonderful instrument. 

scan the heavens with 

beams of ghostly white 

and yellow. The aero¬ 
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constant flashes from the bursting shells are even more terrible than in 
the day time. 1 he scene is still more hideous when an unfortunate 
aviator takes the fatal plunge, his machine ablaze. One of our fine 
biplanes makes a mistake and gets right in line with an enemy’s gun. 
The foe s machine-gun bullets penetrate its gasoline tank. It explodes 
in mid-air, and the biplane rushes to earth in a roaring blaze.” 

“ '' Vho wir| s this great battle?” broke in Tom. 

Well, I’m getting to that now,” said Uncle Sam. 

Tom, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. You have done noth- 



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ing but interrupt during the whole story,” 
declared Jack. 

“Now, don’t you boys start quarreling. 
You might get in a worse scrape than 
the aeroplanes Fm telling about. 

“ Now I'll get back to my story again : 

“ Between nine and ten o’clock, the 
two rival air fleets are equally tired of the 
strife. Almost at the same time, both 




THE BATTLEPLANES STRUGGLE IN THE NIGHT 





decide to stop 
fighting, and 
withdraw to 
their own sides 
of the battle¬ 
line. The 
struggle itself 
might be called 
a tie. But 
since we kept 
the enemy 
from dropping 
bombs on our 
men in the 
trenches, the 
victory is real¬ 
ly ours. 

“ It is dan¬ 
gerous for our 
airmen to land 
their machines 
in the dark. 
They might 
land on bad 

ground or in a tree, or possibly collide with some building. To make 
landing at night safe and avoid being seen by the enemy, was a problem 
we had to solve. We placed powerful electric lights deep in the ground 
and covered them with heavy glasses to prevent their breaking. When 
the lights are sunk in this manner they can be seen only from above. 
Wherever our aviators see one of these lights, they know it marks 
a safe landing spot. 

“Now,” said Uncle Sam, “so far as our story is concerned we shall 


A SAFE LANDING SPOT 














leave the bloody battlefront, 
and I will tell you about the 
aeroplane of the sea. The fly¬ 
ing machine of the sea is called 
the hydroaeroplane. That is a 
rather long name. Seaplane is 
an easier word to pronounce, 
and is more commonly used. 
The seaplane can float like 
a boat and fly like an aero¬ 
plane. 

“ I suppose you boys have 
the same opinion of seaplanes 
as most people. You 
think the seaplane is 




THE SEAPLANE CAN SAIL ON THE WATER LIKE A BOAT AND FLY IN THE AIR LIKE AN AEROPLANE 




























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not half as import¬ 
ant as the land 
battleplanes I’ve 
been telling you 
about/’ 

“ That’s right,” 
agreed Tom and 
Jack. 

“ Well,” contin¬ 
ued Uncle Sam 
with an air of su¬ 
perior wisdom, “the avia¬ 
tion service of the sea is just as important as that of the land. As the 
land aeroplanes are the ‘eves’ of the army, so the seaplanes are the 
‘ eyes ’ of the navy. If it weren’t for these marvelous flying boats, 
the German submarines might have succeeded in sinking nearly 
all of our merchant ships—the boats that carry food, clothing, 
guns, and ammunition to the Allies of Democracy. Sometimes, 
too, our seaplanes have helped the battleships to destroy the enemy 
fleet. 

“just after the World War started, Germany launched her U-Boat 

submarines and undertook a campaign which eventually brought this 

country into the war. England was in a dreadful fix. Verv little 

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food, clothing y and munitions could get in from America; many of her 
fine ships were being sent to the bottom of the sea. There was no way 
to stop the U-Boats. What could we do ? 


“ In these hours of trial, a smart Englishman invented a motor- 
driven balloon called a Blimp. It’s a mystery to me why they named 
it a Blimp. But, even with such a modern name, the Blimp could 
certainly scout for German submarines—the U-Boats. Whenever a 
Blimp found a U-Boat it would send a wireless message to a ship called 
a Submarine Destroyer which would chase the submarine and sink it.” 

















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“ ^ hat I can’t understand,” said 
Tom thoughtfully, “is why they 
need a Blimp or an aeroplane to 
find U-Boats ? Why can’t the Sub¬ 
marine Destroyers seek out the U- 
Boats for themselves?” 

“ \ es, Uncle Sam, please explain 
that,” said Jack. 

“ I’ll gladly tell you the reason,” 
said Uncle Sam. “ You know that 

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you can t see through a window 
from the outside when the sun shines on it. It is the same on the sea. 


When the light shines on the water, it is impossible to see beneath the 


waves. But when an aviator is high overhead the light is not reflected 
in his eyes. Therefore, he is able to see twenty, thirty, and, sometimes, 
a hundred feet under the surface of the water. Furthermore, a man 
high in the air can look around and see more than the man below. 

Now, 111 start where I left off. I shall have to hurry along, as it is 
getting late. Since the early days of the great W orld Y\ ar, many new 
inventions have made sea flying the marvel of the age. Suppose I tell 

you boys of a great battle in which the amazing air fleets of the sea 
take part. 

Two hostile fleets of warships steam defiantly toward each other. 
How proudly their banners flaunt gay colors in the breeze ! How boldly 
their stately bows plough through the sea ! How grim, how stern their 
gray sides reflect the sunlight! Ere the day is over, many, many ships 
of these grand fleets will lie on the ocean floor. Many others will 
stagger to home ports — battered wrecks. 

Hl & h over the enemy fleet are their Zeppelins, floating lazily with 
the clouds. Over our warships, darting here and there, are the ‘eyes’ 
of the fleet—our seaplanes. It won’t be long before the Zeppelins, the 
hostile aeroplanes, and our seaplanes are clinched in a struggle to death. 










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throw seaplanes. Well, they do throw seaplanes, 
and see how it is done. The 
little car, bearing a big seaplane, 
with its propeller spinning, shoots 
along the railway track at light¬ 
ning speed. At the very end, it 
strikes a bumper. Off shoots 
the seaplane. The car darts 
back to the starting point. When 
a battleship clears for action, 
the catapult is taken down. 

“ The monster warships have 
now begun to fight. Their big 
guns are banging and booming— 
hundreds of times louder than 
thunder. On the decks, behind 
the guns, in the engine rooms 
and wireless cabins — every- 


“ Let us look at 
the battleships 
again. Many of 
them carry small 
elevated railways 
on which run tiny 
cars. These are 
called seaplane 
catapults. The 
word catapult 
means. ‘ To throw 
heavy stones.’ So 
we conclude that 
these little railways 
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A MASS OF WRECKAGE THAT STRIKES THE DECK OF ONE OF OUR WARSHIPS 














































































where, men are striving, straining every nerve, risking their lives for 
the land they love. 

“ It’s aviation we are talking about, so let’s look high overhead. Our 
marvelous seaplanes are spying on the hostile battleships, fighting the 
Zeppelins and enemy aeroplanes, and dropping bombs on the foe 
below—all at the same time. ‘ Rat-a-tat-tat,’ shrieks a seaplane’s 
deadly machine gun. With a sickening plunge, an enemy aeroplane 
darts down—a streak of flaming wood and tangled metal. Down goes 
another — a mass of wreckage that strikes the deck of one of our war¬ 
ships. A daring aviator dashes up, up, away up in the air; and drops a 
bomb on a Zeppelin. Right in the middle strikes the missile of des¬ 
truction. The enemy’s cigar-shaped airship makes a headlong dive for 
the ocean—split in half. It strikes the bosom of the sea; and disappears 
in one final, deafening explosion, which throws the salt spray high into 
the air. 

“ Let’s get a glimpse of another part of the battle scene. One of 
our seaplanes is flying along at a moderate rate of speed, when the 
tell-tale periscope is sighted. A U-Boat is near the surface of the 
water. Our aviator drops a remarkable, a terrific bomb. When this 



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bomo sinks deep enough, the pressure of the water 
makes it explode. The force of the underwater 
explosion causes anything near it to be crushed 
like an egg shell. \ ou can imagine what hap¬ 
pens to the unfortunate submarine. 

“ All of a sudden, three enemy aero- 
planes dash into view, determined to 
attack our seaplane—to avenge the 
sunken U-Boat. But when one 
of the big guns on our 




SENDING UP A -HUMMING” SHOT A LITTLE TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT 


















warship sends up a k humming ’ shot, a little too close to the foe for 
comfort, they withdraw at once. 

“ V\ e finally won this dreadful sea battle, and the seaplanes certainly 
deserve a great deal of credit. 

“ If you boys have followed my story, you know the value of land 
and sea aviation service in time of war.” 

“ Indeed, I have followed it,” said Tom warmly. 

“ It’s the most interesting tale I ever heard or read,” exclaimed Jack. 

“ Listen to me, boys,” said their Uncle Sam. He was a bit annoyed 
and impatient; for he now had little time to spare for interruptions. 

“ The greatest benefit from the ‘ Conquest of the Air ’ will come in 
times of peace. Before I go, I shall tell you boys a few of the peace¬ 
time uses of the land aeroplane, the hydroaeroplane or seaplane, the 
Zeppelin, the Blimp, the ordinary balloon—all the mechanical birds of 
Man’s inventive genius. Some 
of these uses you are already 
familiar with; some you and I 
will live to see; some won’t 
come to pass until we are in 
our graves. 

“ The greatest aviation ser¬ 
vice will likely be transporta¬ 
tion, both for business and 
pleasure. Aeroplanes and 
motor-driven balloons will 
rival steamships, trains, and 
automobiles as carriers of 
passengers, freight, and mail. 

There will be big aerial ocean 
liners plying over the Atlantic 
and, possibly, the wide Pacific. 

Fast mail-carrying' aeroplanes, 
capable of a speed of two or 


FAST MAIL-CARRYING AEROPLANES WILL MAKE POSTAL DELIVERIES EVERYWHERE 

















































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more miles a minute, will make postal deliveries everywhere. Letters 
from New York will reach Chicago in a few hours. Private aeroplanes, 
darting here and there among the clouds, will be as numerous as the 
birds. Thousands of seaplanes will sail on and glide over our lakes, 
rivers, bays, and oceans. 

“ Aerial transportation is not just a thing of the future. It is 
already here. In May, 1918, regular aeroplane mail service was begun 
between New York City and Washington, D. C. Many men now have 
their own aeroplanes or seaplanes, and travel around in them as 
commonly as in an automobile. Two brave Italians flew, in a trifle over 
seven hours, from Turin, Italy, across the Alps and then to London — a 
distance of 650 miles. A gigantic aeroplane has been invented in Italy. 
It is called the Caproni Triplane, because a man named Caproni in¬ 
vented it, and because it bears three sets of planes or wings. It is 
able to travel a long distance and carry heavy loads. 

“ Outside of transportation, there are and will be numerous other 
peace-time uses for aeroplanes and balloons. But I have time to tell 
about only two more—ship saving and aerial weather observation. 
Many a ship stranded on the rocks 
in a storm can be reached by a life 
line thrown from a rescue airship. 

An aviator high in the sky can find 
out weather conditions not known 
on the earth below. From his 
reports, we shall be able to make 
more accurate weather forecasts. 

“ Well, boys,” said Uncle Sam, 

“ my aviation story is over, and I 
must be on my way.” 

He gives each boy a warm hand¬ 
shake, and bids good-bye. He 
jumps into his aeroplane, and starts 
the motor. The propellers whirl. 



SHIP SAVED BY LIFE LINE THROWN FROM A RESCUE AIRSHIP 















j. he noise of the motor is deafening. Finally, the 
big bird skims the ground and gracefully ascends. 

A beautiful landscape closes the scene. The sun, 
in a halo of golden glory, sinks in the west. Uncle 
Sam in his aeroplane is a mere speck in the lonely 
twilight sky. The boys watch him float out of 
sight, and then start for home with their minds full 
of aeroplanes, balloons, aviators, aviation. 

THE END 





















































































































